The last Friday of the month of Ramazan (Jummat-ul-Vida) was observed in the Valley as the Yaum-ul-Quds and Kashmir Day.

Indian controlled Kashmir: The last Friday of the month of Ramazan (Jummat-ul-Vida) was observed in the Valley as the Yaum-ul-Quds and Kashmir Day to impress upon the international community to come forward in a big way to help resolve the lingering problems of Palestine and Kashmir.

Call for the observance of the Day was given by Joint Resistance Camp comprising of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mauhammad Yasin Malik. Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front led a mammoth demonstration in Central Kashmir’s Charar-e-Sharif but Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq were not allowed to move out of their residential houses.

In wake of protest call forwarded by Resistance Camp, authorities imposed strict restrictions in old Srinagar city and disallowed congregational Friday prayers at historic Jamia Masjid.
Pertinently, a police officer was lynched to death outside the Jamia Masjid after he fired upon a group of people who questioned his presence in the premises of the mosque.

Reports said that all gates of the Jamia Masjid were locked by police and paramilitary forces, while the movement of the people was restricted as well.
Reports added that all roads leading to the historic mosque were blocked and that no one was being allowed to enter the mosque premises.

Meanwhile, peaceful protests were staged in different parts of Valley. Clashes erupted in Kakapora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district that witnessed the four killings on Thursday including three militants.

Resolutions supporting the right to self-determination of the people of Kashmir and Palestine were passed in many mosques.
The resolutions urged the international community to address the two issue in the interest of peace in the world.

Anti-Israel and anti-India protest marches were taken out in scores of areas of Kashmir Valley including Srinagar city, Budgam, Baramulla and Ladakh region.
Maulana Masroor Ansari leader of Hurriyat Conference and President Ittehadul Muslimeen led a big Quds day procession in Srinagar while Agha Syed Hassan another Hurriyat leader led a massive procession in Budgam.

Deploring international community for their criminal silence about troublesome situations and pathetic condition in Jammu & Kashmir, Syed Ali Geelani said that they are not taking any serious and sincere steps, instead relying on mere lip service.
Masroor Leads March in Mirgund.

On the occasion of international Al-Quds day, Ittehadul Muslimeen President Maulana Masroor Abbas Ansari led a rally at Mirgund in Pattan Friday. Carrying banners and chanting pro freedom and anti-Israeli slogans people marched through the National Highway.

Thousands of people here today participated in the annual International Quds Day demonstrations to express their solidarity with the oppressed people of the world particularly Palestine.
Amidst sloganeering people took out a massive procession from central Imam Bargah to main chowk which later culminated at Imam Bargah.

Adressing the gathering Agha Hassan said, “it is our religious duty to take part in Quds Day demonstrations and to support every oppressed nation including Palestine, Kashmir, Yemen, Syria and others.”

Demanding implementation of long pending United Nations resolutions on Kashmir Agha Hassan condemned the civilian killings in Kashmir and demanded release of political prisoners before Eid.
He appealed Muslims in general and Kashmiris in particular to stand united and defeat enemies of unity.

Furthermore, Quds processions were also reported from Magam, Bemina, Ichgam and Chadora areas of Budgam.

Geelani Decries Silence Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman referring to Yaum-al-Quds and Kashmir Day, said that both Kashmir and Palestine were forcibly occupied by tyrant forces and added that Zionists forces in Palestine and ‘Gaw Rakshaks’ and ‘ indu fascist’ elements in Kashmir are carrying genocide of innocent people in a methodical manner.